wherein we check in with our boys in Hiroshima, thee carp

Not going to well, actually. Our boys are scuffling, stumbling and generally sucking with a record of 29-48-1 (1? There are ties in Japanese baseball? Who knew?). The win games at a clip of .377 and are 14 1/2 games out in the Japanese central league. Dammit, dammit, dammit...